Psylutions -- Dr. Snyder's Blog
Grade Appeals
If you feel that you have been incorrectly graded on an assignment or exam question or on some aspect of the paper you may appeal the mark by justifying why your grade should be changed. This involves explaining and supporting in writing why your work deserves a higher mark. Simply stating that a higher grade is deserved is insufficient; you must offer evidence to justify your position. I recommend that you take a little time after receiving your exam or assignment to consider your answer and to muster your arguments.
The actual procedure is slightly different for the various course components. In all cases, however, you must include your name and student ID number on the answer justification. For a midterm exam question or an assignment question, photocopy your original answer and staple the photocopy to a piece of paper with the justification of why your answer deserves a higher mark. For the paper, you should photocopy your original paper and, on the photocopy, highlight the sections that are relevant to your argument for why you deserve a higher grade. Staple your written justification to the highlighted photocopy of your paper.
In all cases, you should keep the original and submit a copy; this way, if something happens to the submitted answer justification, the original answer is still available for subsequent review.
Grades will not be lowered due to answer justifications.
Please note that under University regulations, term work can not be appealed once the final exam has been written: all answer justifications on term work must be submitted before the time of the final exam.